Converse of object

• pierce: Matching earrings have the same baroque nuggets of Smokey Quartz, hung from sterling silver earwires for pierced ears.

• listen: The Project offers all kinds of help - from a listening ear to practical assistance with the tasks of everyday living.

• lend: I hope we can lend an ear to what Oxford has to tell us about the roles a Proctor can fulfill.

Adjective modifier

• deaf: The ' sermons ' would fall on deaf ears.

• inner: The hair cells in your inner ear don't know the difference!

• sympathetic: Have a sympathetic ear you can ask the uk are.

• middle: The bones of the middle ear have also begun to harden.

• pointy: Pit Bull dogs have small pointy ears, and a large black nose.

Modifies a noun

• canal: The inner ear canal should not be too heavily coated.

• infection: Mary's first husband, the young French King Francis II died suddenly of an ear infection aged only sixteen.

• lobe: Those with pierced ears may wear studs only, these to be in the lower ear lobe maximum of one per ear.

• protector: Operational noise is comparatively quiet, but it is a good idea to use ear protectors because of motor noise.

• defender: I may be wearing ear defenders but what about my neighbors?

• plug: And, if your ear plugs are firmly in place, jump straight to the five worst albums here ): 11.

Noun used with modifier

• glue: Observation of hearing ability is indicated for children with glue ear, in whom some hearing loss is common.

• thine: Deliver me in thy righteousness, and cause me to escape: incline thine ear unto me, and save me.

• bunny: Sonic does a startled rabbit impression while Roz grows bunny ears.

Possessives

• sow: Mind you, this is a disk that almost does manage to make a silk purse out of a sow's ear!

Preposition: of

• corn: Ears of corn are incised around the base of the tree.